Injustice 2: 10 Characters That Should've Been Included
6. Plastic Man
DC Comics
The DCU has no shortage of extendy bendy heroes with questionable tastes in fashion, and Plastic Man just so happens to be one of them.
Created in 1941 but never really popularised until Grant Morrison took the rains on JLA, Eel O'Brian is one of the more lighthearted characters to have graced the ranks of the league. As the name suggests, Plastic Man is extremely malleable, but also happens to be one of the strongest members of the Justice League too. The sheer image of the guy's arms flailing around in video game form should - ideally - have been enough to warrant an appearance in Injustice's sequel, but ol' Eel has had to settle for a minor comic book appearance for now.
Having a stretchy character is kind of essential in superhero media; Marvel has Mr Fantastic, Disney has Elastigirl and Hasbro has Stretch Armstrong. I mean come on, NetherRealm, Injustice is majorly deficient in the stretchy dude category at the mo'.
WhatCulture's very own resident movie guy, Ewan has been working in the content creation biz for over 10 years now, having started as a freelance contributor to WhatCulture Gaming all the way back in 2015. After graduating with a First-Class Honours in History from Northumbria University in 2017 (where he won a prize for a totally killer dissertation on the Watergate years), Ewan took on the role of Comics Editor at WhatCulture and quickly developed WhatCulture Comics into one of the biggest superhero-focused channels on YouTube. He followed this with a brief hiatus at Screen Rant in 2021, where he worked across the Gaming and Film sections as a writer and editor, before returning to WhatCulture as a Senior Content Producer / Presenter in 2023. He started his own podcast, We Love Dad Movies, in 2022, and has contributed several written pieces to the Eisner-nominated comics website Shelfdust as well.
In his current role, Ewan incorporates his love of cinema, comic books, and history into written pieces and video essays for WhatCulture's Film & TV channel, as well as WhatCulture Gaming and WhatCulture Horror, with a particular focus on nineties-era Dad Movies, old school Westerns, and Golden Age Hollywood Noir. John Carpenter is his fave, and he thinks Batman Beyond should never have been cancelled. If that's your vibe, you'll probably like his stuff.
